Buckingham, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Raymer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80742. The Survey maps it on the Buckingham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Buckingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Buckingham quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buckingham: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pawnee Buttes N.E. | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Pawnee Buttes N.E. Deposit | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | 1971 |
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckingham in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Hail | Buckingham | $50,000 | Golf ball-size hail broke windshields and dented vehicles as well as damaging roofs of buildings in Buckingham (40 miles northeast of Greeley). |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckingham | - | AWOS station K1NW located one mile north-northeast of New Raymer. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Buckingham | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field, no damage was observed. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Buckingham | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Buckingham | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Buckingham | - | A small tornado touched down in open country but did no damage. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Buckingham | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Buckingham | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Raymer | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Raymer | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Keota | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stoneham | 16.5 miles | 7 | |
| Briggsdale | 18.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fosston | 20.6 miles | 12 | |
| Avalo | 21.4 miles | 7 | |
| Grover | 21.7 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Buckingham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24884887 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182777. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




